Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
Publication of a major state report whose interest lies primarily in its proposals for the recentralization of school curriculum is a sign of the transformation that is occurring in several parts of the world. What the Keeves Report, Education and Change in South Australia, says on this subject has already provoked a strong, critical reaction in parts of the Australian education community, not least from the teachers associations. But it is not only the curriculum analysis which has great topical interest. Set against the Keeves Committee's views on (1) the nature of social change, (2) the professional roles of teachers, and (3) the scope and functions of the state education bureaucracy, the proposals for concentration of curriculum power within that bureaucracy and very largely at state, not regional or local, level may be seen as a determined attempt to recentralize authority for education generally. The Report is an unusual example of sustained examination of curriculum policy and administration, prepared at a time of economic if not social crisis in a State until recently identified with optimism and innovation. By its uncompromising stand on the key question of where authority in a state system might best lie, it raises fundamental questions about public sector control, which take it well beyond the milieu of South Australian education.
Australian Journal of Education – SAGE
Published: Aug 1, 1983
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.